Tuesday, August 16, 2011

GINO VANELLI: DOWN WITH LOVE [11]






Born in Montreal, Quebec, Vannelli is one of three sons (Joe, Gino, and Ross)[1] born to Russ and Delia Vannelli. Russ, his father, was a big band musician. As a child, Gino's greatest passion was music, and he began playing percussion at an early age. By the age of 15, Gino began writing songs. Just out of high school, he signed his first recording contract with RCA under the pseudonym Vann Elli, but went on to study music at McGill University.

Born June 16, 1952 (age 59)
Origin Montreal, Quebec Canada
Genres Pop rock, Blue-eyed soul, Jazz, funk
Occupations Singer, composer, lyricist, conductor
Instruments Vocals, percussion, piano, guitar
Years active 1973–present
Labels A&M Records, Disques Dreyfus, Sony Music


1. WORDS CAN KILL


Why must we fight
Must we shatter sweet dreams
The way we hurt each other night after night
Its almost obscene.

Must we tear at our hearts
Even now while were alone in the dark.

Lay your sorrow on my sadness.
Hold me close now stop this madness
Love be silent love be still
Now hush my darling words can kill

Woman don't speak
Seems like a year since we've kissed

Just close your eyes and bring your
lips next to mine.
Let me know I exist.

My love will not wait
Take me in your arms before it's to late

Lay your sorrow on my sadness
Hold me close now stop this madness
Love be silent love be still
Now hush my darling words can kill

Words can kill
Words can kill...


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2. A WOMAN CROSSED IN LOVE


Can't stand this silence any more I'm dying
The words no sooner leave my lips
I'm out of your life in the beat of a heart
It was selfish; it was cruel undeniably uncool
Have your way with me.
Slap me twice across the face once
for a stolen embrace
Once more for honesty.

They say the truth will set you free
Its true for some but not for me
No sorry on earth is sorry enough
To win back the heart of a woman crossed in love

Call me shameless I don't care I love you
Desperate measures for desperate times
So much for the sway of a kiss
Darling here I am your ever-loving man
In his darkest hour
Had I known it meant goodbye
I would have sooner lived a lie,
Than live without you girl

They say the truth will set you free
Its true for some but not for me
No sorry on earth is sorry enough
To win back the heart of a woman crossed in love.

So it's over like that pack you bags your coat and hat
End of story
Before I fade away hear me when I say
Baby I'm sorry

They say the truth will set you free
Its true for some but not for me
No sorry on earth is sorry enough
To win back the heart of a woman crossed in love

No sorry on earth is sorry enough
To win back the heart of a woman crossed in love.


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3. MOMENT TO MOMENT



Too many nights of isolation
Too many echoes in my head
Too many fires left burning
In this bed
Too many thoughts of desperation
So much pain deep down below
So much a slave to my senses
I cant let go

From moment to moment
I live and I die
This cant go on anymore
Another day, another lie
From moment to moment
I stand and I fall
This cant go on anymore
Unless we both give it all

I ask you how can a man keep his distance
How can he reason with his heart
How can you hold me so near
Yet keep me so far

From moment to moment
I live and I die
This cant go on anymore
Another day, another lie
From moment to moment
I stand and I fall

This cant go on anymore
Unless we both give it all

Sometimes Id like to break you down
To see if theres a trace of woman
in you that could be found
But I just keep prayin youll come around
And live from moment to moment
I live from moment to moment
I live from moment to moment

So much a slave to my senses
I cant let go

From moment to moment
I live and I die
This cant go on anymore
Another day, another lie
From moment to moment
I stand and I fall
This cant go on anymore
Unless we both give it all

You know I want to give it all
I live from moment to moment
Everyday of my life
I live from moment to moment


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4. LOVE OF MY LIFE


Love of my life
Take my heart take my soul
Take what you need
Love of my life
Don't you know Im just a fool for a good womans greed

You broke the wings of a weary vagabond
And Im stranded on the island of your love
You are the fruit of my amazon
Love of my life Im no good on my own

Love of my nights
Take my pride take my flesh
Take all my blues
Love of my life
Don't you know my life is a bore
When there's nothing to lose


I am the prisoner of your paradise
Sunken in the bayou of your love
I make this sensual sacrifice
Love of my life
For the good of my own
Love of my life
I'm no good on my own

Love of my life
Take my heart take my soul
Take what you feel
Love of my life
Don't you know Im just a man
For a woman whos real

Love of my life ....
Love of my life ....
Love of my life ....


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5. CRY OF LOVE

Stand in the window
Close to the edge
As the neon signs surrender to the light of day
I sip a bitter cup of coffee
And I fade away oh I fade away

There's a cross above my pillow
Curse words on the wall
What I'd give to write the pages of my life again
No I can't believe this is the way
The story ends oh is this the end is this the end

I wanna run to the highest mountain
I wanna stand in the light of the sun
I wanna ask all this world to forgive the man that Ive become
And now I call on the angels above
Wont somebody hear wont somebody hear
My cry of love

Got a shoe box full of letters
Got a ring that I should pawn
There's a picture on the table of the way we were
I wish to God I could forget
But I still think of her I think of her

Oh I think of her

I wanna run to the highest mountain
I wanna stand in the light of the sun
I wanna ask all this world to forgive the man that Ive become
And now I call on the angels above
Wont somebody hear wont somebody hear
My cry of love

Wont anybody listen to me
Can anybody hear my prayer
Wont anybody listen to my cry of love
Wont anybody listen to my cry of love
Wont anybody listen to my cry of love

I wanna ask all this world to forgive
The man that Ive become
And so I call on the angels above
Wont somebody hear wont somebody hear
My cry of love

Wont anybody listen to me
Can anybody hear my prayer
Wont anybody listen to me
Does anybody really care

My cry of love...


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6. OMENS OF LOVE


To love
I have lost
All that is self
My memories have made the storm
Now subsides casting my fate
Inside your soul

And these eyes
Are mine no more
To seek
I pour myself in your vigin veins
Now all that I see
Is through a passions pain
Cause Im all hung up over you
Im losing myself
Loving you


Your wine is the blood
That drunkens my heart
With omens of love and now
That I am you
Woman I fear that you're not i
Oh true love is so sublime and so blue

The storm has passed
Deep inside of me
Crushed by the calm of my insecurity
Cause I'm all hung up over you
I'm losing myself
Over you


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7. YOUNG LOVERS


One life to live
No time to pretend
No wins no loss
No heroes in the end
No dreams no plans no promises

Young lover
Just turn out the lights

One kiss
One softly whispered yes
No talk oh no, no tears
No hearts to repossess

No names no chains no hostages

Young lover
Just turn out the lights
Slip under the cover
Of the night
Young lover young lover young lover
Everything's all right
Young lover
Just turn out the lights

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8. DOWN WITH LOVE

I must have been high
I must have had plenty
If she had one
I don't know i might have had twenty
Flat on my back with the wind out of my sail
My friends all say i look a little skinny and pale
I caught a nasty little bug
One thing sure there ain't no cure
When you're down with love

My head's too hot
My nose a little runny
My family doctor
Stuck me twice and stole my money
Mirror mirror on the wall let me tell you what i see
Some kind of strung-out fool staring back at me
I need a miracle drug
One thing sure there ain't no cure
When you're down with love


Chorus:
Enough to make a grown man cry
Enough to make a mule comply
Enough to make a made dog tame
And give a man a good name

One thing sure there ain't no cure
One thing sure there ain't no cure
When you're down with love

Flat on my back with the wind out of my sail
My friends all say i look a little skinny and pale
I need a miracle drug
One thing sure there ain't no cure
When you're down with love

(chorus-twice)

One thing sure there ain't no cure
One thing sure there ain't no cure

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9. SHOW LOVE

I want some slow love
The kind that lasts forever
The kind of love that will be there in the morning
I want some slow love
The kind that leaves me never
The kind of love that lasts a long long time

Now dont mistake my coolness for a cold heart
I want you more than you should know
Its just these days Im not inclined to move so fast
Why dont you stay a while say a hundred years or so

And make some slow love
The kind that lasts forever
The kind of love that will be there in the morning
I want some slow love
The kind that leaves me never
The kind of love that lasts a long long time

Im not inclined to live a lifetime in one night
Although I long to touch I yearn for much, much more

A slow love
The kind that lasts forever
The kind of love that will be there in the morning
I want some slow love
The kind that leaves me never
The kind of love I thought Id never find
The kind of love that lasts a long time


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10. LOVE IS A NIGHT


Hangin' out in New Orleans
Diggin on the bourbon scenes
Just feelin' the vibes of the oncoming days
There ain't no Texan chaparral
To hide away all those southern belles
Just thinking about that Georgian gal conjures a crazY

Love is a night
Who really cares if its wrong or its right
And all that I care
You've been some life and love I could share

Got a thing in Tennessee
She ain't about to marry me

There's never been a time she says yes and means no
I had a case in Carolin
From makin' love on rose wine
Its strange how they come and they go

Love is a night
Who really cares if its wrong or its right
And all that I know
You've been some life and love on the road

Love is a night
I only know the moment is right
As for the ladies Ive known
They mean so much when you're all alone



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11. LOVE & EMOTION


There's nowhere to run from the heat of the sun
There's nowhere to hide from your face
Black is the night, won't you show me the light
The road only leads to one place

For your love and emotion
I promise you love till I die
Faith as deep as the ocean
Keeps me believin you're alive

There's nowhere to run from the things that weve done
There's nowhere to hide from the truth
Something is wrong when my woman is gone

My world aint no good without you

For your love and affection
I give you my soul for all time
Faith as high as a mountain
Keeps me believin you're mine

Oh,oh
Oh,oh

For your love and emotion
I promise you love till I die
Faith as deep as the ocean
Keeps me believin you're alive
Oh,oh
Oh,oh

Oh (for your love and emotion), oh
Oh (for your love and emotion), oh


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